The dioramas at the museum were originally constructed
by Major Powell-Cotton in an attempt to present to the public a collection of
animals appearing as though in their natural habitat. The reason why I think this
is important today is that it is representative of, and relevant to, a
pre-television culture. That is, the people for whom these displays were designed
had a very different world-view to that of the majority of people in Britain
today. Consequently in order to fully understand and appreciate the museum, it is
important to remember that it was constructed for a different audience than that
of today, an audience with different values and ideas about the world.

What Major Powell-Cotton did in building his dioramas
was a radical step from the more common function of people displaying trophies in
order to impress upon people not only their hunting abilities but also the power
of the British Empire. The museum at Quex Park was attempting to bring some
scientific validity and setting to the presentation of specimens. However, that
is not to say that it has no value today. If viewed as a representation of
museum, the museum can then be seen as an exhibit in its own right, an example of
how a museum was presented to people in the past.